Walter L. Stanley

WELCH, Okla. (Special) Services for Walter L. Stanley, 54, of Chetopa, Kans., will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Chetopa with the Rev. Carol Holden officiating.

Burial will be at 2 p.m. today in the Rosehill Cemetery in Bells with the Rev. Maurice Shaw officiating. The services are under the direction of Thomas Funeral Home in Welch, Okla.

He died Sunday, April 2, 2000, at Labette County Medical Center in Parsons, Kans.

He was born in Sudan on Jan. 31, 1949. He also attended school there. Prior to 1969 he was employed in Sudan as a mechanic's assistant and managed a chicken farm. He was active at First Baptist Church of Sudan and was a member of the Sudan Voluntary Fire Department. In 1969, he relocated to Chetopa.

He married Dixie Johnson in Miami, Okla., on June 5, 1981. In Chetopa, he was employed by the Kansas State Department of Transportation as a member of their maintenance crew. He retired from there in 1996. He was also an active member of First Baptist Church in Chetopa and was retired from the Chetopa Voluntary Fire Department, which made him an Honorary Fireman after retirement.

Survivors include his wife; seven brothers, J.L of Liberty, Leroy of Porter, Eugene of Cove, Ray of Lazbuddie, Raymond of Springtown, J.D. of Dennison and David of Arlington; two sisters, Faye Stanley Mayfield of Chetopa and Joan Stanley Shaw of Sherman.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to The Chetopa Manor of First Baptist Church of Chetopa.